Sincere thanks to those parishioners who purchased raffle tickets for our Grand Summer Draw. These will be on sale throughout the summer from any member of our Committee or, alternatively, please contact Jo Ronan 474062, Linda Wall 558217 or Nina Bridgeman 472536. Tickets cost £1 each or you can purchase a book of 5 tickets for £5.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Linda Wall & Sandie Hippard
Folders: Pauline Jordan & Maureen Ward
Art Exhibition & Sale
The Live Simply Group invites you to an exhibition & sale of beautiful original paintings & craft from Kenyan artists in the Parish Centre. The work will be on display from 10.30am Saturday 15th July until 8.00pm; and then again, on Sunday 16th July, from 8.30am until 2.00pm. Refreshments will be available. All proceeds will go to Kenyan Orphan Fund & Ugandan Project. Why not pop in after Mass or tell your friends?
Quiz & Chips Night
This will be held in Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Centre on Saturday 22nd July, 6.30pm for 7pm start. Maximum 8 people per table. Prizes for the winners. Fish & Chips will be served, bring your own drinks and nibbles. £10 per person. Raffle donations gratefully received. All proceeds go to the Parish Lourdes Fund. For tickets please contact Phyllis on 07969465518 or Darrell on 07825686249.
Sea of Voices
We have been going for over a year now and have sung in various locations. We could still do with more voices, male and female. We meet upstairs in the Parish Centre 7.45pm to 9.15pm on Wednesday evenings. Do come along and see what you think with a view to joining. We also need an Assistant Musical Director. If interested, or know of someone, please contact Darrell on 07825686249.
First Holy Communion 2018
If you have a child going into Year 3 in September and you would like them to make their First Holy Communion in 2018, please complete the on-line Registration Form available from the Parish Website under Sacraments and return this to the Parish Office no later than Thursday 31st August 2017.
School Admissions
Letters of Practice for admission to Primary School will be issued on a date in October.
Parish Notice Boards
Following the ‘Stewards of the Gospel’ initiative, a need for more effective communication was expressed.
Following the Parish AGM on 2nd July, I have taken on the task of trying to do this. There is now a Board with various Parish groups listed, if your group is not listed can you let me know so that I can rectify this. Also could you add a card with a name and contact details to your group sign so that people can join you if they wish.
May I please ask that you do not put posters for events on this board, but use the others availableAny more ideas would be welcome. Jo Ronan
Repository
The Repository will close on Sunday 16th July for the Summer break. It will re-open on Sunday 17th September.
Diocesan Centenary Pilgrimage to Walsingham Saturday 22nd July
There are two APT coaches departing from the Church on Saturday at 8am and depart from the Shrine after Mass no later than 5pm. It would make sense if you took the same coach home, so please remember if you are on coach 1 or 2.
Please remember to bring a packed lunch and suitable clothing as we shall be outdoors most of the day. You may also like to bring something to sit on in the Abbey grounds, a blanket or one of those light-weight camping seats that you can carry with you on the mile walk. Suggested donation for the retiring collection is £2.
There are a few tickets for the coach left, £10 per adult, £5 per child. These are available from the Parish Office.
Dates for your Diary
Saturday 22nd July Walsingham Centenary Pilgrimage
Monday 24th-Friday 28th July Parish/Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
7th October - 15th October Parish Mission
Please Pray for the Repose of the Soul of
TheresaYates, RIP who died on Sunday 11th June. Her funeral will take place at Southend Crematorium on Wednesday 19th July at 2.20pm.
Sanctuary Lamp
The lamp burns for deceased members of the Siani and Butler Families.
Please Pray for the Dead on their anniversaries
Canon Daniel Harnett, Fr Edmund Dobson, Fr Patrick Taylor, Fr James McEvoy, Margarita Ekers, Mary James, Andrew Wardle, Madeleine Bullock-Jarman, Hope Bailey-Pillow, Joan Slattery, Norah Jordan, Donald Joyce, Ellen Gardner, Joseph Ketterer, James Dawson, Andrew Regan, Mabel Buckley, Bill Prior, Margaret Orme, David Finnigan, Caroline Hardy, Kathleen Butt, Jane Bickmore, Charles Fletcher, Jane Mawdsley, Alice Collins, Aislinn Lane, Elsie Witty, Irene Huggett, Frank McEvoy Pamela Johnson, Francis Kenney, Geraldine Hayter, Joan Farmer, Winifred Martin & Marian Bukowski.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends in Christ
The image of Christ carrying the Cross - consonant with the words of the Gospel this weekend - reminds us that Jesus came to free mankind from our burdens by taking them upon Himself: Come to me all you who labour and are overburdened and I will give you rest…United with Christ always, the difficulties, crosses and sacrifices of this life on earth are bearable and tolerable. The Christian life, when lived in authentic imitation of Christ, allows us to live in such a manner as to relieve others of their burdens. Sometimes this will mean us doing some small acts of service and charity. At times it will mean giving a word of encouragement or hope. At other times it will be to help someone to look at Jesus so that they may see their situation in a clearer perspective, with the light of the Master. We may think too of those aspects of our behaviour with which sometimes, without really meaning to, we make life harder for others…our whims and fancies, our rash judgements, negative criticism, lack of consideration for others, or unkind words. Looking at Jesus carrying the Cross helps us to see our lives always in the perspective of His, and to live knowing He carries us and our burdens, and asks us to do the same for others.
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary time
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 9th July
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Ted Wilson, RIP (Anniv) (EW)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Intentions of Renata Butler (Rosary Group)
9.30am Mass David Ward, RIP
11.30am Mass The People of the Parish
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
Monday 10 Feria
9.00am Mass Lilian & Jim Fegan, RIP (JC)
12.30pm Requiem Mass John Oliver, RIP
7.00pm Mass Year 6 Leavers Mass
Tuesday 11 ST BENEDICT, Ab
9.00am Mass Intentions of Renata Butler (JB)
Wednesday 12 Feria
9.00am Mass Mary Merrick & Mary Byrnes, RIP (AR)
Thursday 13 St Henry, Holy Roman Emperor
9.00am Mass Patricia Armstrong, RIP (Anniv) (JA)
Friday 14 St Camillus de Lellis, Pr
12Noon Mass John & Renata Butler (90th & 85th Birthdays) (RB)
Saturday 15 St Bonaventure, Bp, D
10.00am Mass John Kidney, RIP (IS)
10.30am-11.30am Exposition & Confessions
The Holy Rosary is prayed after morning Mass during the week
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 16th July
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Bill & Josie Russell, RIP (Anniv) (JL)
9.30am Mass Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, RIP (JC)
11.30am Mass All those who prayed for Renata Butler - Thanksgiving (RB)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Baptisms
We congratulate the parents of Arabella Brooks-Brien, Olivia Farnham,
Conan Pearson, Molly Mernagh, Jocelyn Curran, Harrison Curran, Leo Barnett, Parker Brooks & Florence Tanner who were Baptised recently at Our Lady of Lourdes. May God bless them and their families as they grow in His knowledge and love.
Lourdes Fund
There has been a small Fund in the Parish to assist young people going on pilgrimage to Lourdes for some years now. It was first endowed by the late Bishop Patrick Casey and has practically dried-up. If there are any groups or individuals who through fundraising or donations would like to continue to endow this Fund then please make any donations payable to the Parish of Leigh-on-Sea and designated it for the Lourdes Fund. Many thanks.
APF Boxholders
If you have not had your box opened in the last six months would you please give it in to the office or to me personally in the next few weeks. I have received the Summer Missio, if you have not already received one from me please take one from the back of the church in the usual place. Don't forget to collect your emptied boxes from the back of the church. Thank you. Joan Caunce, 01268 757505.
SVP St John Bosco Children’s Summer Holiday Camp
The SVP St John Bosco Camp offers children aged 8-13 a sports and activity based holiday on a campsite in the Essex countryside. Run with a Catholic ethos, the camp is especially for children who may not have any other holiday this year.
The boys’ camp runs for two weeks during the Summer holiday, from 22nd July to 5th August, and the girls’ camp runs for one week from 5th to 12th August. Please note that the boys’ camp age range is 8 to 13 while the girls’ is 9 to 12. Children are accepted for one week only. The suggested camp donation is £145 for a child to stay at camp for a week.
If you require any further information or application forms then please contact either the Boys booking secretary (PaulHayes 07534065347 6-9pm only) or Girls booking secretary (Gemma O’Flaherty 07491811167 between 6pm and 9pm). It is advisable to book early, as preferences for specific periods may not be possible. Forms can also be obtained from www.svpboscocamp.org.uk. Enquiries and bookings can also be dealt with by emailing bookings@svpboscocamp.org.uk.